Getting Started

This guide walks you through creating your UptimeWiz account, adding your first monitor, and setting up an alert so you're notified the moment something goes down.

Step 1 — Create your account

Sign up at UptimeWiz using your email address. No credit card is required to get started. After confirming your email, you'll be taken directly to the dashboard.

Step 2 — Add your first monitor

1. From the dashboard, click New Monitor
2. Enter a name for your monitor (e.g. My Website)
3. Select HTTP as the monitor type
4. Enter the URL you want to monitor (e.g. https://example.com)
5. Set the check interval — 1 minute is recommended for production services
6. Click Save

Step 3 — Add an alert channel

Without an alert channel, you have to manually check the dashboard to know when something is down. Add at least one notification method so UptimeWiz can reach you.

1. Open the monitor you just created and click Edit
2. Scroll to Alert Channels and click Add Channel
3. Select Email, Slack, or Discord
4. Enter the required details (email address or webhook URL)
5. Click Save

Plans

The Free plan lets you create up to 10 monitors with 5-minute check intervals. Upgrade to Starter ($5/mo, 50 monitors) or Pro ($10/mo, 150 monitors) for 1-minute checks and higher limits. Go to Dashboard → Billing to upgrade at any time.

Understanding monitor statuses

• PENDING — The monitor was just created and hasn't been checked yet. It will be checked within the next minute.
• UP — The last check succeeded. Your service is reachable.
• DOWN — The service failed multiple consecutive checks from multiple regions. An incident has been created and your alert channels have been notified.

What happens during a check

Every minute, UptimeWiz checks your monitor from up to 3 geographic regions. If a check fails, it's re-verified from a second region before any alert is sent — filtering out false positives caused by transient network issues.